Mycelial Differentiation

We recommend the following references if you wish to investigate this topic further at this point in the book

The ways in which mycelia differentiate morphologically have been recorded in a very extensive historical literature, all of which is worth reading (even if you can’t find an electronic version). We recommend just a few of these publications in the following list (and offer our apologies to our friends and colleagues for describing them as ‘historical’).

Boddy, L. (1993). Saprotrophic cord-forming fungi: warfare strategies and other ecological aspects. Mycological Research, 97: 641-655. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80141-X. CLICK HERE to download the complete text.

 Boddy, L., Frankland, J.C. & van West, P. (2007). Ecology of Saprotrophic Basidiomycetes. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN-10: 0123741858, ISBN-13: 978-0123741851.

Boddy, L. & Rayner, A.D.M. (1983a). Ecological roles of basidiomycetes forming decay columns in attached oak branches. New Phytologist, 93: 77-88. URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2431897. CLICK HERE to download the complete text.

 Boddy, L. & Rayner, A.D.M. (1983b) Mycelial interactions, morphogenesis and ecology of Phlebia radiata and P. rufa from oak. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 80: 437-448. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0007-1536(83)80040-0. CLICK HERE to download the complete text.

 Burnett, J.H. & Trinci, A.P.J. (1979). Fungal Walls and Hyphal Growth. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN-10: 0521224993, ISBN-13: 978-0521224994.

Dowson, C.G., Rayner, A.D.M. & Boddy, L. (1986). Outgrowth patterns of mycelial cord-forming basidiomycetes from and between woody resource units in soil. Journal of General Microbiology, 132: 203-211. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-132-1-203. CLICK HERE to download the complete text.

 Frankland, J.C., Hedger, J.N. & Smith, M.J. (1982). Decomposer Basidiomycetes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN-10: 052110680X, ISBN-13: 978-0521106801.

Jennings, D.H. & Rayner, A.D.M. (1984). The Ecology and Physiology of the Fungal Mycelium. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN-13: 9780521106269.

 Rayner, A.D.M. (1992). Conflicting flows: the dynamics of mycelial territoriality. McIlvainea, 10: 24-35. 

Rayner, A.D.M. (1997). Degrees of Freedom. Living in Dynamic Boundaries. London: Imperial College Press. ISBN-10: 1860940374, ISBN-13: 978-1860940378.

Rayner, A.D.M. & Boddy, L. (1988). Fungal Decomposition of Wood. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN-10: 0471103101, ISBN-13: 978-0471103103.

Rayner, A.D.M. & Coates, D. (1987). Regulation of mycelial organisation and responses. In: Evolutionary Biology of the Fungi, (A.D.M. Rayner, C.M. Brasier & D. Moore eds), pp. 115-136. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN-10: 0521330505, ISBN-13: 978-0521330503.

Rayner, A.D.M., Griffith, G.S. & Wildman, H.G. (1994). Differential insulation and the generation of mycelial patterns. In: Shape and Form in Plants and Fungi, (D.S. Ingram & A. Hudson, eds), pp. 291-310. London: Academic Press. ISBN-10: 0123710359, ISBN-13: 978-0123710352.

Rayner, A.D.M., Griffith, G.S. & Ainsworth, A.M. (1995a). Mycelial interconnectedness. In: The Growing Fungus, (N.A.R. Gow & G.M. Gadd, eds), pp. 21-40. London: Chapman & Hall. ISBN-10: 0412466007, ISBN-13: 978-0412466007.

Rayner, A.D.M., Powell, K.A., Thompson, W. & Jennings, D.H. (1985a). Morphogenesis of vegetative organs. In: Developmental Biology of Higher Fungi, (D. Moore, L.A. Casselton, D.A. Wood & J.C. Frankland, eds), pp. 249-279. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN-10: 0521301610, ISBN-13: 978-0521301619.

Rayner, A.D.M., Ramsdale, M. & Watkins, Z.R. (1995b). Origins and significance of genetic and epigenetic instability in mycelial systems. Canadian Journal of Botany, 73: S1241-S1248. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/b95-384.

Rayner, A.D.M. & Todd, N.K. (1979) Population and community structure and dynamics of fungi in decaying wood. Advances in Botanical Research, 7: 333-420. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2296(08)60090-7.

Rayner, A.D.M., Watling, R. & Frankland, J.C. (1985b). Resource relations - an overview. In: Developmental Biology of Higher Fungi, (D. Moore, L.A. Casselton, D.A. Wood & J.C. Frankland, eds), pp. 1-40. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN-10: 0521301610, ISBN-13: 978-0521301619.

Rayner, A.D.M. & Webber, J.F. (1984). Interspecific mycelial interactions - an overview. In: The Ecology and Physiology of the Fungal Mycelium, (D.H. Jennings & A.D.M. Rayner, eds), pp. 383-417. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN-13: 9780521106269.

Sharland, P.R. & Rayner, A.D.M. (1986) Mycelial interactions in Daldinia concentrica. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 86: 643-649. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0007-1536(86)80068-7. CLICK HERE to download the complete text.

Trinci, A.P.J., Wiebe, M.G. & Robson, G.D. (1994) The mycelium as an integrated entity. In: The Mycota, vol. I, Growth, Differentiation and Sexuality, first edition, (eds J.G.H. Wessels & F. Meinhardt), pp. 175-193. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag. ISBN-10: 3540577815, ISBN-13: 978-3540577812. CLICK HERE to download the complete text.